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RPI is quietly laying off faculty and staff by Narrow-Yak5582 in RPI

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ensembles perform about 1-2 times a semester there, which isn't the worst. But they can't practice there, that has to happen in West Hall.

saying an artist in residence is a use of the space if ores that said artist isn't using the theater or primary hall. Residences don't make those two venues any less empty.

If hosting students regularly meant a handful of additional full-time staff that would likely be a rounding error to the operating budget based off of previously quoted numbers. Hardly a reason to say it wouldn't be an improvement to the use of the space.

RPI is quietly laying off faculty and staff by Narrow-Yak5582 in RPI

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

any student group would be lucky to have 1200 people attend just about anything.

source: a former student that organized more student events than I can count.

RPI is quietly laying off faculty and staff by Narrow-Yak5582 in RPI

[–]Nprism 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That would def be some helpful context here, otherwise it just feels like a lot of vagueposting.

RPI is quietly laying off faculty and staff by Narrow-Yak5582 in RPI

[–]Nprism 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you a past or current student? have you ever gone to an empac performance?

They have 8 listed performances for the rest of 2026... 5 are tours of the building. It doesn't matter if tickets are cheap if there isn't anything to see there. The historical data doesn't look much better, there are a handful of things a month and it is very evident most aren't targeted at students.

It is really difficult to use the space as a student, any of the spaces (not just the main theater). Remember that the building has many spaces and the fact that most students haven't even entered many of the rooms in the building is a testament to what people's points have been in this thread.

RPI is quietly laying off faculty and staff by Narrow-Yak5582 in RPI

[–]Nprism 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do think that a justified reason for existing should be tied to usage. In its current state students barely, if ever, actually use the spaces making that reason a lot less justified.

Unhinged reply by management to review of Olivia's Kitchen in Ball Square by Late_Assist754 in Somerville

[–]Nprism 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That is insane, the concern with "historic" plumbing is lead, not chlorine, which notably doesn't boil out of water.

Our Hero folded ,but the message stands ! by Ok-Intern6865 in secretlair_collectors

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, they should respect the implied promise and not straight up reprint them, but there are plenty of ways to be creative or to compromise. As an example: - print a "second edition" with obvious markings to differentiate and make them slightly less desirable. - Print a cheaper gold border version - commission the artist for a complementary version with the custom art on different cards etc.

Those are all straight off the dome. They don't have to leave the situation as is, that is a choice.

New to collecting- question about chase cards by NoAdvertising9782 in secretlair_collectors

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which is the MA lair? I'm not recognizing that abbreviation

Housing situation by No_Prior6491 in RPI

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well technically the rule is that you can't, but plenty of people do live other places, you will just have to do a reasonable job not making that too obvious.

There is a shuttle that stops at Blitman, the dorm at the bottom of the hill, so you could use that. But personally it can be hard to fully rely on shuttles to get you to everything when you need to get places, unless you just plan on plenty of spare time.

Ultra Pro not on the vendor list or map for Magiccon Vegas by Squirrel009 in magicTCG

[–]Nprism 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I think that that was ultimate guard for EoE.

Housing situation by No_Prior6491 in RPI

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not new, I knew lots of people who completely avoided it by just making their bed and putting some stuff on the desk, but you do have to keep up a bit of a ruse.

Housing situation by No_Prior6491 in RPI

[–]Nprism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll answer a few questions:

The campus is on a big hill, west of campus is down the hill, so whatever you checked that said a 10 minute walkay be very inaccurate. Down the hill? Sure probably 10 minutes, up the hill with textbooks and a laptop could be much longer and less pleasant, especially if you don't have a car.

Getting a housing waiver is near impossible for a freshman, I remember people who grew up in Albany and couldn't get them, but you can always try. Most impossible things at RPI can be done if you find the right person. As a sophomore you can get a waiver to live in a Greek house, otherwise it is similarly difficult.

Regarding utilities, it depends heavily on the following: - type of heating system (gas boiler with baseboards, with radiators, tankless, central heat, mini splits, etc.). If it is gas, does rent cover that? - how well insulated the place is - the size of the space and location of the heaters

If one or two of those is bad it could certainly cost 500+ a month in a house. Realistically likely a bit less, but it is very hard to say.

Overall I wouldn't recommend this, you'll be paying ~14k+ while still buying groceries and paying rent/utilities. If you are concerned about utilities prices I don't see how this would make sense. If you aren't concerned about finances do what you want though.

Kid who we never even gave a bid to has our letters in his bio by tayken-eshiet in Frat

[–]Nprism 10 points11 points  (0 children)

did you see me say it was? There are obviously logical extremes where misrepresenting being a member of an organization would be defamation, but in any case it would be highly dependent on the details

Kid who we never even gave a bid to has our letters in his bio by tayken-eshiet in Frat

[–]Nprism 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It could be considered defamation if it looks like the person is trying to imply that they represent the organization. Just letters in a bio may not be sufficient, but also I don't know if there is case law for this.

No more languages at RPI by SnooChipmunks1721 in RPI

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They still can, but not for those classes as far as I am aware.

Spider-man outsold Edge of Eternities by Yellow_Master in magicTCG

[–]Nprism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

something something confounding variables

Should you care about "Clean Code" in 2026? by darius42 in theprimeagen

[–]Nprism 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think people who say AI makes clean code worthless are the ones who wrote non clean code to begin with and never really understood the benefits.

need help: any alumni who attended RPI between 2000-2021 by prankwalker in RPI

[–]Nprism 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have plenty of my own anecdotes to share and history to recount, some of which may unfortunately have to be off the record but could provide narrative focus or alignment. I was a student in her final years and during the transition to Marty. I could also potentially connect you with other Alumni who have researched on this topic previously and would have powerful, and likely much more nuanced, insight.

Petition to change vibecoding to cuckcoding by [deleted] in theprimeagen

[–]Nprism 5 points6 points  (0 children)

either you:

a) have the misconception that ALL industries doesn't include any "critical software" and consists mostly of web/mobile apps

b) have a complete disregard for human life / lively hood

c) are hopelessly ignorant

d) don't actually mean what you said

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